WHOA! American authors 'wrote about coronavirus' years ago

05 March 2020 - 12:27 By Unathi Nkanjeni

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The deadly virus has killed more than than 3,200 people, with more than 93,500 infected.
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Two theories widely shared on social media say American authors Dean Koontz and Sylvia Browne predicted the 2019-2020 coronavirus outbreak in 1981 and 2008, respectively.

The posts show the covers of The Eyes of Darkness by Koontz and End of Days by Browne.

The Eyes of Darkness

A page purportedly from Koontz's book mentions a virus called “Wuhan-400”, the name of the city where the coronavirus (Covid- 19) originated.

“A Chinese scientist named Li Chen defected to the US, carrying a diskette record of China’s most important and dangerous new biological weapon in a decade,” the extract reads.

“They call the stuff ‘Wuhan-400’ because it was developed at their RDNA labs outside the city of Wuhan. Wuhan-400 is the perfect weapon.”

A Dean Koontz novel written in 1981 predicted the outbreak of the coronavirus! pic.twitter.com/bjjqq6TzOl
— Nick Hinton (@NickHintonn) February 16, 2020

End of Days

An excerpt purportedly from Browne's book reads: “In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and bronchial tubes, resisting all known treatments.

“Almost more baffling than the illness itself will be the fact that it will suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrives, attack again 10 years later and then disappear completely.”

This is insane.... Read this paragraph! From Sylvia Browne’s book: End of Days pic.twitter.com/tXdIWYIaAY
— Just Say No To Vaccine Tyranny (@JustSayNo2Vax) March 4, 2020

The deadly virus has killed more than 3,200 people, with more than 93,500 infected worldwide.

Here is a snapshot of reactions to the posts:

This is coldly gripping

Who else is reading reviews or the book itself “Eyes of Darkness” by Dean Koontz that correctly predicted this Wuhan lab generated virus, year, exact town and global proportion written since 1981?

You can find it on Amazon
Some scary shit🤭
— Souljah (@jeffphilips1) March 2, 2020

So, Dean Koontz book - The Eyes of Darkness originally printed in 1981 - has distinctly predicted the Corona Virus or COVID-19. Yes, I know...it’s just a coincidence, right?
But to define the origin, the symptoms and the impact date makes this a little to close for comfort. pic.twitter.com/5QW0uF4jDK
— Hugo (but not) Boss (@TraceyLoveLife) February 27, 2020

I just picked up my copy of Sylvia Browne’s book “End of Days” and saw this paragraph. Sounds like she was onto something with this. That said, there were a lot of incorrect predictions as well, and no, I don’t think we’re in the end of days. Just be vigilant with your health. pic.twitter.com/1w7aKrgp3q
— Tyler Henry (@tyhenrymedium) February 26, 2020

End of days book by Sylvia Browne published 2008 predicted a severe pneumonia like virus will attack the lungs in 2020 and no treatment would be found. However, it predicted the virus will vanish on its own then appears 10 years later. Did she know or just coincidence?H pic.twitter.com/fVpo5cKNZo
— Mohamed Abdulwahab (@MohamedAbdulwa) February 29, 2020